tincar

English

Noun

tincar (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of tincal (“borax”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua t'inkay.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tinˈkaɾ/ [t̪ĩŋˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tin‧car

Verb

tincar (first-person singular present tinco, first-person singular preterite tinqué, past participle tincado)

  1. (Argentina, Bolivia, transitive) to flick
  2. (Chile, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun) to think, believe, have the impression
    Synonym: parecer
    Me tinca que va a llover mañana.
    I believe it's going to rain tomorrow.
  3. (Chile, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun) to fancy, feel like (would like to)
    Synonyms: apetecer, querer, gustar
    Me tinca tomar unas fotos.
    I feel like taking some photos.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of tincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tincar
gerund tincando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tincado tincada
plural tincados tincadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tinco tincastú
tincásvos		 tinca tincamos tincáis tincan
imperfect tincaba tincabas tincaba tincábamos tincabais tincaban
preterite tinqué tincaste tincó tincamos tincasteis tincaron
future tincaré tincarás tincará tincaremos tincaréis tincarán
conditional tincaría tincarías tincaría tincaríamos tincaríais tincarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tinque tinquestú
tinquésvos2		 tinque tinquemos tinquéis tinquen
imperfect
(ra)		 tincara tincaras tincara tincáramos tincarais tincaran
imperfect
(se)		 tincase tincases tincase tincásemos tincaseis tincasen
future1 tincare tincares tincare tincáremos tincareis tincaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative tincatú
tincávos		 tinque tinquemos tincad tinquen
negative no tinques no tinque no tinquemos no tinquéis no tinquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tincar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive tincar
dative tincarme tincarte tincarle, tincarse tincarnos tincaros tincarles, tincarse
accusative tincarme tincarte tincarlo, tincarla, tincarse tincarnos tincaros tincarlos, tincarlas, tincarse
with gerund tincando
dative tincándome tincándote tincándole, tincándose tincándonos tincándoos tincándoles, tincándose
accusative tincándome tincándote tincándolo, tincándola, tincándose tincándonos tincándoos tincándolos, tincándolas, tincándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tinca
dative tíncame tíncate tíncale tíncanos not used tíncales
accusative tíncame tíncate tíncalo, tíncala tíncanos not used tíncalos, tíncalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tincá
dative tincame tincate tincale tincanos not used tincales
accusative tincame tincate tincalo, tincala tincanos not used tincalos, tincalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tinque
dative tínqueme not used tínquele, tínquese tínquenos not used tínqueles
accusative tínqueme not used tínquelo, tínquela, tínquese tínquenos not used tínquelos, tínquelas
with first-person plural imperative tinquemos
dative not used tinquémoste tinquémosle tinquémonos tinquémoos tinquémosles
accusative not used tinquémoste tinquémoslo, tinquémosla tinquémonos tinquémoos tinquémoslos, tinquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tincad
dative tincadme not used tincadle tincadnos tincaos tincadles
accusative tincadme not used tincadlo, tincadla tincadnos tincaos tincadlos, tincadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tinquen
dative tínquenme not used tínquenle tínquennos not used tínquenles, tínquense
accusative tínquenme not used tínquenlo, tínquenla tínquennos not used tínquenlos, tínquenlas, tínquense

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